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DAN RICHARDSON, PUBLISHER
SAM LOWRY, REPORTER
GREG SKINNNER, REPORTER
A OF PUBUCAT NS, INC.. ANDREW J. MCNAB,
PRESIDENT
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ARE FINALLY ON
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HI~WS IS -- WI~'RI~
An
letter to
Bush
Dear President Bush:
Iraq is starting to look grim.
You took us to war under false pretenses -- or, at least, without the
strictest adherence to solid evidence that there were, in fact, weapons of
mass destruction.
Maybe that's forgivable. Maybe you really believed it - or that there were
other, pressing reasons for war.
But, of course, we know now there were no WMD. We have found our-
selves bogged down in a slugfest, and many of our people are getting killed
there.
Maybe that's forgivable, too. It's the nature of war that people are going
to get killed in combat.
But what's really telling is your apparent unwillingness to face the facts,
and tell us the truth ("Faluja returning to normal," you said, as our aircraft
escalated attacks there last week, and our commanders were seeking a way
out.)
That's unacceptable in a commander-in-chief.
Then recently, I and others received word from a friend that her unit is
short of basic supplies, like soap and socks. She's one of the thousands who
have just had their tours extended by four months, after more than a year
in country.
That tears it, Mr. President. You've played fast and loose with the facts,
and appear to duck your head in the sand when the facts get ugly. You've not
significantly reinforced our troops when the insurgency got serious - for
what appears like public relations reasons (more troops would make it look
like you and your boys didn't have everything under control). Perhaps worst
of all, you've not seen to it that tho~se troops are being taken care of.
That's unacceptable. Do the job right, no matter what it takes.
Send in enough people to get the job done. Send in the supplies to keep
them well-stocked. Then, get them the hell out of there.
I was one of the people giving you the benefit of the doubt, for months.
Now, I just have doubts.
--- Dan Richardson
Lap tops essential for flying
"That's what I need," I thought. "Two Toshiba laptops, $220 each," the ad
said. "Internet ready."
I should have a cell phone, too, I guess. If I had a laptop and a cell phone
I could go to the airport and make a total fool of
myself. The
The first thing I would do when my plane land-
ed is call my wife on the cell phone. "Hello, yes the Back
plane just landed. I should be down at the baggage Forty
claim in a few minutes," I'd say.
"I know that," my wife answers. "I'm only three ©2004 Roger Pond
~, behind you."
~l~rlat s: What ~:do ~aitlt their cell phones these days. They call to report
their airplane has landed, the french fries are cold, or the weather is sup-
posed to be hotter tomorrow than it was today.
The last time I was in an airport ninety percent of the passengers had their
cell phones out chatting about who knows what. It's like being stuck on an
elevator with a bunch of evangelists!
How did we get by before we had cell phones? Just fine, as I remember it.
Then, after I get done with my cell phone call I could send email with my
laptop. That's what folks do on airplanes: Send email.
Here I am with my little note pad and a pencil, while everyone else has
their laptop out -- checking their email. If I had one of those Toshibas adver-
tised in the paper I could send email to my friends. If I had any friends.
The security people always look at my little carry-on bag and ask, "Is that
a laptop?"
"I wish it were," I tell them. "It's just two baloney sandwiches and a pick-
le."
The last time I traveled by air my flights were pretty well messed-up, and
I got bumped up to first class. That was a new experience for me. I've always
wondered what folks do up there behind that curtain.
The guy seated next to me was vice president of marketing for a major
league baseball team. Not only did he have a laptop; he had aprogram on it
that designs buildings. The structure he was working on was a new domed
stadium for the baseball team.
The stadium was beautiful. The dome folded back so the fans had a view
of the stars when it wasn't raining. Then, with a few dicks on the laptop the
dome folded over the field.
So there I sit with no laptop, no cell phone, and no idea of any buildings I
would like to design. I could remember some of the hog sheds we worked on
years ago. They had folding tops, too, but they were a lot smaller.
Just as I was about to take out my note pad and pencil, I thought, "No,
there's no point in showing off. Maybe I'll just take a nap."
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RS FROM THE C
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There are two sides
to Lyle school story
To the Editor:
Regarding your April 22 article,
"Lyle parents, school officials at
odds over principal's future." As
Mr. Jellum pointed out, there are
two sides to every story.
Ms. Rempe states she believes
the problems began last summer
when she "questioned" certain
financial things Mr. Huffman did.
To the contrary, Ms. Rempe did
not question things. Instead, in the
manner of someone whose agenda
is to cause trouble, she "looked
into" financial matters, then pel2ae-
trated the misconception that there
was a conflict of interest created by
Mr. Huffman being superintendent
and principal at Dallesport
Elementary where our district's
Title I funds are.
Our district's Title I funds used
to be at both locations. Prior to Mr.
Huffman coming to our district,
the school board decided to con-
centrate those funds at the lower
grade levels. This is due to studies
showing that the earlier reading
difficulties are addressed, the bet-
ter the success rate.
Mr. Huffman inherited
setup. He did not create it. •
In fact, long
before Ms.
Rempe
began mis- Mr. Huffman
construing
inform a-inherited this
tion,HuffmanMr, setup. He did
asked me to not create ,,"*.
look into
the process
of becoming
a schoolwide Title I program. His
desire was for us to become a dis-
trict-wide program, as he was
interested in being able to use
some of the Title I monies at the
upper levels.
As for Ms. Rempe, feeling the
high school was "not being looked
out for," had she looked at the his-
tory, she would have seen that dif-
ferent monies go different places.
For instance, more money was
spent remodeling the high school
building than was spent building
an entirely new elementary school.
While the grade school was strug-
gling for basic building needs, the
high school had excess. This is just
the way things go sometimes.
I have no knowledge of the rea-
sons for Ms. Rempe not being
rehired. However, from my point
of view, it looks like she is not
interested in bettering our school
district, but has an agenda to dis-
credit Mr. Huffman and the school
board.
The school board is comprised of
elected persons, many who have
been voted in time and again. If
people don't feel they are being
represented, why do they continue
to reelect them? They are not "in
Mr. Huffman's back pocket," but
intelligent individuals who obvi-
ously see Ms. Rempe's trouble-
making style.
Mary Marvel
Dallesport
Thank you to vival gear.
But even more im
Toastmasters national the
appropriate for
To the Editor: abroad today is only 3
To the editor: A great big what wecontributedto
Timberpup thanks goes to the poor 50 years ago.
Toastmasters of our community, ing the bullet and
On Wednesday of a recent week, do these things, we
they took the time out of their busy taxes.
day to come and help our eighth If we are really
grade students, winning the war on
These students have been work- tighten our belts and
ing hard on their end-of-the-year country with the
Renaissance projects. After a stir- at home and abroad to
ring speech, the students broke up Otherwise, as things go
into groups with their mentors for a to worse, we have
one-on-one~:time~ with,these kind but ourselves.
foiga. :The adults mad studiantsa~Lke: ,h~ive "betra-yed our
had a very exciting learning experi- wounded service
ence. It is true that it does take a have given of their liveS:
community to raise a child, have given so little
Connie Pond and four others David C.
of the Goldendale Middle School
eighth grade teaching staff
Bush not including
women on abortion
To the Editor:
With all the argument recently
There are more
important
To the Editor:
After reading the
about Roe v. Wade and the Gentry [see The
this Women's March in Washington edition] and his medical
DC, I can't get one image out of my I : must assume that
head: That is, the signing of the ban C0unty has a lot of extra
on partial birth abortion by If crime is so slow
Gorge W. Bush. County that the
Notably missing at the Department and the
photo-op was the presence of Attorney's office have
a single female, ter to do then waste
Behind Mr. Bush were
resources on a very
rows.of Congressional repre- man, maybe those
sentatives; all men! Is that need a
really what female abortion By going after such
opponents really want, a who is going to
bunch of middle aged white ~
haired men deciding what
and can't do with their ,You, not
they can
bodies?
ff18
Eric Olsen the judge,
Goldendale
are the
communi-
We aren't serious
are
about fighting war ty. This is
To the Editor: how they
In every major war we have
won, the American people have stopped
been called upon to make signifi- witch
cant sacrifices at home to support
the war effort. When few,sacri- burning in
rices were made at home, as in
Korea and Vietnam, we found Sa]e[~,
ourselves in protracted and
unsuccessful conflicts. Our war ~
on terrorism is beginning to i~
resemble these conflicts. Goldendale area
With only minor exceptions (air- desperate criminal
port security, higher gas prices), streets because he may
most of us continue to live our lives
one, molest a child or'.
as we have always done - without drugs at the grammar
paying higher taxes or giving up by all means, put
luxuries, and with no rationing of make society safe
food, gas or other necessities. If you do
Not only is the spirit lacking to threat the~
fight this war through to victory, that they
but the resources are lacking, as if the judge gives
well. Practically every homeland instructions.You,
security program is underfunded, the community.
We haven't financially provided for This is how they
a peacekeeping force sufficient to burning in Salem.
stabilized the civil unrest in Iraq.
Some of our overseas troops are Las
even having to buy their own sur-